| Kivu Giant Pouched Rat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea |
| Family: | Nesomyidae |
| Subfamily: | Cricetomyinae |
| Genus: | Cricetomys |
| Species: | C. kivuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cricetomys kivuensis Lönnberg, 1917[1] |
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The Kivu Giant Pouched Rat, (Cricetomys kivuensis) is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.[2][3] It has a distribution in Southern Africa.[4][5]